Punitive trends and stable imprisonment rates in Canada

Crime and Justice

Volumn 36, Issue , 2007, Pages 297-369

  Webster, Cheryl Marie ^a   Doob, Anthony N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 35648991373     PISSN: 01923234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1086/592807     Document Type: Article

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